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Swallowed
words:
rough stones stacked against my heart;
I walk on, speechless,
learning a silent tongue when shaken from sleep,
leaving unsaid acts performed
on raw basement floors;
atrocious language stuck in my throat.
I want to forget a shadow that reminds,
the positions of the zodiac,
a girl who procured
and I called her my friend,
mute fear in a mechanic's garage,
wet panties;
something uncomfortable,
not right and not talked about.
Hazy recollection,
I wonder how stone walls shut me up;
I converse in garbled song.
 
Tracie
Cleaver, copyright 1989 & 2001,
graphics 2001.
For a
reading of the gruesome Greek myth of
King Tereus and his rape of Philomela:
Carlos Parada, Greek Mythology Link, http://www.hsa.brown.edu/~maicar/
  
Please
click on image for full-screen view.
Judith
Slaying Holofernes, 1612-21, Galleria degli Uffizi,
Florence;
by Artemisia Gentileschi, approx. 1593-1653.
A historically
flawed and unflattering film,
"Artemisia," was released in 1998.
For true information on Artemisia Gentileschi
and links to more images of her paintings go to:
http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/artemesia/
Scanned image
courtesy of CGFA,
http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/
Paint Shop Pro frame courtesy of
Bordered background
courtesy of
I made my
"Philomel" images with the help of
Paint Shop Pro and a mythology font from
emerald
city fontwerks
http://www.speakeasy.org/~ecf/
Contact me
gwnsea@yahoo.com
Gwendolen's Sea
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